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T H I S I S S U E :

What’s New—

At a Glance

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Winter Review 2

Community

News

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Summer 2017 4

Beyond the

Stage

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Cinderella 6

Dance

Workshop

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Ballet Boot Camp

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MBC News—At A Glance!

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NUTCRACKER 2017

OFFERING 5 SHOWS:

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MACOMB CENTER for the PERFORMING ARTS

Cinderella MBC presents Cinderella at he Macomb Center for the Performing Arts. More infor-mation on page 4.

2017 Dance Workshop August 14—18 Macomb Ballet Company sponsors an annual summer dance workshop for ages 8 & up. More information on page 5.

Ballet Boot Camp August 28—30 Ann Parsley School of Dance in Clinton Township hosts this 3 day mini—intensive for ages 8 & up. Designed to bridge the gap between the academic year and summer classes, this camp helps prepare dancers for auditions. The boot camp will focus on body conditioning, ballet technique, pointe work, stage presentation, quality of movement and audition tips. More information on page 6.

Auditions for the 2017/2018 Performance Season Ballet members are chosen annually through open auditions. Dancers with a ballet background, who will be age 8 and up by January 1, 2018, are welcomed to audition August 31st & September 6th, 2017 for the 2017/2018 season.

SAVE THE DATES!

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Winter Review

The Macomb Ballet Company is sponsored by BTW Photography, a

photography company specializing in weddings since 2007. They are an

image-centric, storytelling company that incorporates aspects of fashion and

photojournalism into their work. Contact them at

info@btwphotography.com or 586.354.0845. If you are interested in

becoming a sponsor for MBC, please contact us

Many MBC dancers attended Ballet Days, presented by The Cecchetti Council of America National Executive Board with the Eastern Michigan Committee January 28-29, 2017 at Wayne State University .

MBC Senior members Bayley Borowy, Elise Borngesser, Emma Sievert, Claire Barnett, Savanna McFadden, and Carly Sisoy traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada with their home training studio , Ann Parsley School of Dance, where they competed in the Youth American Grand Prix, the world’s largest international student dance competition, open to dance students 8-19 years old.

Cecchetti

Ballet Day

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Community News:

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Congratulations to McKinley Elementary

of Van Dyke Public Schools, our Day at

the Ballet winners! Twice annually, the

MBC invites local classrooms to attend

the ballet free of charge in an effort to

reach out to local youth who may not

otherwise have the opportunity to be

educated in, and enriched by, the world

of the performing arts.

A DAY AT THE BALLET MBC Assistant Artistic Director Mary Sherman, joined WRCJ Classical Radio in support of the station’s Spring

Kroger Community Rewards

Kroger Community Rewards gives a percentage of all purchases made to the Macomb Ballet Company. Select MBC as your organization, and register your card online: kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow Then, shop at Kroger, swipe your Plus Card, and know you are helping every time you shop.

A company that cares, MBC en-courages members to give back to their community, and assist us in collecting cereal for the Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive through April. How much can we collect to make a difference?

Fundraiser, and our cause to help keep classical music alive on 90.9 FM. The hour Mary spent live in-studio collected $1,650 in donations for the station!

Many MBC dancers have committed to continuing their training over the summer months. See who is going where below:

SUMMER 2017

MBC dancers will be dancing during the off-season, expanding their study, strengthening technique, and progressing dance development. Summer 2017 has the following dancers traveling to these camps: CCA International Summer School 2017 : Claire Barnett, Ava Borngesser, Amelia Catherwood, Charlotte Catherwood,

Nadya DeRosa, Grace Lauchlan, Caroline McCauley, Clare Meteer, Olivia Morelli, Anna Saje, Robbyn Seal, Sabrina Sierens, Carly Sisoy, and Sophie Teolis.

Ballet Met Summer Intensive: Abbie Iwasko, Emma Sievert

Cincinnati Ballet Summer Intensive: Elise Borngesser

Grand Rapids Ballet Summer Intensive: Savanna McFadden, Jadyn Savage

Nashville Ballet Summer Intensive: Jenna Altman, Madison Altman

MBC Sponsored Dance Workshop: Bayley Borowy, Grace Lauchlan, Ava Redlin, Fiona Sierens, Sabrina Sierens,

Samantha Tremberth

We wish all our dancers a safe and happy off-season, and look forward to seeing them again at auditions for the 2017/2018 performance season!

BEYOND THE STAGE

Claire Barnett will graduate Valedictorian from Eisenhower High School this June. In August, she will be competing in Florence, Italy at the Cecchetti International Ballet Competition. Claire plans on attending Butler University this Fall, majoring in Dance Performance &Health Sciences. Claire was awarded both an Academic and Dance Scholarship to The Jordan College of Arts, Butler’s classical ballet program. Claire plans to audition for dance companies following her time at Butler. Her family is so proud of all her hard work and many accomplishments.

Carly Sisoy will graduate from Lutheran High North. In August, she will be competing in Florence, Italy at the Cecchetti Interna-tional Ballet Competition. Carly is the recipient of an Academic & Dance scholarship at Grand Valley State University, where she will double major in Biomedical Sciences & Dance.

Emily Matthews will be attending Western Michigan University in the Dance Program. Emily will be majoring in Occupational Therapy.

2017 GRADUATES

Rachel Catoni Hannah Kulman Natalie Partyka Grace Valentic

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